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Gauge Theories in Low Dimensions: Reminiscences of Work with Sergio Albeverio

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This is an expository account of the author’s works influenced by Sergio Albeverio. Much of it focuses on gauge theories in two and three dimensions.

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    Ambar N. Sengupta

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Sengupta, A.N. (2023). Gauge Theories in Low Dimensions: Reminiscences of Work with Sergio Albeverio. In: Hilbert, A., Mastrogiacomo, E., Mazzucchi, S., Rüdiger, B., Ugolini, S. (eds) Quantum and Stochastic Mathematical Physics. Springer Proceedings in Mathematics & Statistics, vol 377. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-14031-0_8

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